MINNA, NIGER — In a bold rebranding effort, officials in Niger State have clarified that the title “Power State” refers strictly to political influence, and not, as many citizens had wrongly assumed,…
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TWITTER — Elon Musk has issued a desperate plea to Nigerians: stop tagging him in your NEPA (Nigeria’s old electricity authority) complaints, he’s not your president. “Sorry, but tagging me 800 times…
KARONGI, RWANDA — In a bold eco-friendly move, the Karongi Housing Project built 11 of the 384 promised homes… and delivered the remaining 373 as downloadable PDFs. The decision aligns with the…
NAIROBI, KENYA — A revolutionary new Kenyan delivery app promises to get your package to you in just under two years, blazing past local expectations. The app, Polepole — Swahili for “slowly”…
ACCRA, GHANA — Former Minister of Sanitation Cecilia Abena Dapaah has reportedly discovered she has a heart — after watching a heart-wrenching Nollywood film. Sources say Dapaah was watching the movie Helping…
TUNIS, TUNISIA — Tunisia has announced plans to export sunshine as renewable energy, because apparently there’s too much of it. “We’ve got plenty of sunshine. It’s free, it burns our land, and…
In a bold move to boost power supply in the country, the federal government of Nigeria has banned the importation of generators. Nigeria, widely regarded as the leading importer of generators globally,…
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Following the US decision to cut off aid, African leaders gathered in Addis Ababa this week to develop a new policy ensuring support reaches the continent’s poorest. But…
GLAND, SWITZERLAND — In a bold move to expand global conservation efforts, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has added the Naira, Nigeria’s currency, to the World’s Endangered Species List.…
It is known that white people hair cannot make dreadlocks or hold braids. In an attempt to compensate for that, a new business was born: the sale of Afro hair to white…